OwinHost.exe vs Custom Host

Question

Katana has 3 popular Host: ?

1. IIS/ASP.NET
2. Custom Host
3. OwinHost.exe

My question is what is the difference between Custom Host and OwinHost.exe?

Answer 1

Custom Host: You host your own services (Web API) in your own application/service.

OwinHost.exe: available in nuget for hosting OWIN based applications